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Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week Webinar

Register for this webinar focused on emerald ash borer. Learn how to identify the signs of this invasive insect pest and what you can do about it.

6:30 pm 7:30 pm
Classes and Activities

Columbia Park Tree Walk

Join us on a leisurely walk around Columbia Park and the surrounding neighborhood.

10:00 am 11:30 am
Classes and Activities

Tree Walk in Knott Park

Come walk amongst the beautiful trees of Knott Park.

10:00 am 12:00 pm
Classes and Activities
Sunlight filters through the canopy of gorgeous trees in PP&R's Columbia Park.

Bloomington Park Tree Planting

Join us to plant trees at Bloomington Park in the Lents Neighborhood!

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event
Three volunteers dig a hole for a new tree planting at lents park with fall foliage in the background.

Albina Black History Month Tree Talk

In partnership with the Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, come join Portland Parks Urban Forestry on February 11th to celebrate Black History Month at the June Key Delta Community Center.

11:00 am 1:00 pm
Public Meeting
Community members of the Albina District planting trees ca. 1964.

Kelley Point Park Tree Planting

Join us to plant trees at Kelley Point Park!

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event
Three adults use shovels to complete planting a small evergreen tree.

Chimney Park Tree Planting

Join us to plant trees at Chimney Park for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service.

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event
A group of tree planters prepare a root ball.

Winter Meet & Make

Have you met our Community Stewardship team? With additional resources from the Parks Levy, our team has grown and we want to meet you! Join us for an evening social and make some festive decor to take home.

6:00 pm 8:30 pm
Public Meeting

Work Party at Rigler School Arboretum

Join the Arbor Lodge Tree Team to care for the Rigler Arboretum.

10:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event
American hornbeam

Local Tree Care Providers Workshop

This workshop is for tree care professionals who work in Portland. It is free to attend, and is a requirement for companies that wish to be included on the City's Local Tree Care Providers web page.

8:30 am 11:30 am
Classes and Activities
6 brochures featuring trees that are approved to be planted in Portland planting strips.

Portland Arbor Day 2022

Join us this fall for the annual Arbor Day celebration! This year we’ll be celebrating at Glenwood Park.

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Community Event
Arbor Day 2022

Arbor Day Crew Leader Training

Portland Arbor Day is right around the corner! Trained Crew Leaders are needed to support tree planting and care projects in the park.

12:00 pm 3:30 pm
Volunteer Event
Arbor Day 2022

Broadleaf Trees of Berrydale Park Tree Walk

Berrydale has a wonderful and somewhat exotic collection including both deciduous and evergreen broadleaf trees including a cork oak.

1:00 pm 2:00 pm
Classes and Activities
A park with a lone small tree in the grass, more trees in the foreground.

Tree Walk in Mt Tabor Park

Come and learn the difference between a conifer and broadleaf tree and understand how to use a key to confidently identify trees.

2:00 pm 3:00 pm
Classes and Activities
Mt Tabor Park Resivour View

Trees of Arbor Lodge are Trees of the World

As part of Portland's pop-up arboretum coming to Arbor Lodge Park in September, your Arbor Lodge Tree Team will lead a neighborhood tree walk.

10:00 am 12:00 pm
Classes and Activities
 Giant Sequioa

Find Your Flare! Preparing Young Trees for Planting

Help the Sixth Annual Yard Tree Giveaway prepare trees to find their forever homes this fall! Knowing where the root flare is on your tree is one of the best ways to give a new tree its best chance to thrive.

9:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event
Tree planters locating the proper planting depth for a new tree

Urban Orchard Care

Fruit trees need regular care to be productive and harvestable. Learn which fruit trees need care this time of year and practice with neighbors at the Delta Park Orchard.

9:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event
Apple trees growing on a branch.

Portland Street Tree Inventory

The Tree Inventory Project is the City’s effort to map, measure, and identify public trees across Portland. Volunteer this summer to help update our census of over 218,000 street trees!

Volunteer Event
Volunteers using plant parts to identify trees.

Summertime Tree Walk

Join PP&R Urban Forestry in the South Tabor Neighborhood for a tree walk exploring some of Portland's unique street trees. RESCHEDULED 7/13/22.

12:00 pm 1:00 pm
Classes and Activities
A row of uniformly shaped trees with cars parked in front

Tree Care with the Neighborhood Tree Stewards

Join the 2022 Graduates of the Neighborhood Tree Stewards course to care for the trees of Berrydale Park and the Creative Science School at Clark. The trees of this neighborhood park are in need of care to ensure they're long-lived to provide years of environmental services to the community.

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event
Three volunteers remove the stakes from a young oak tree.